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By: Miriam

Miriam — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:19:49 +0000

HI Abby,

My daugther will be celebrating her sweet 15 in the upcoming year. She wuld like to have an Alice in wonderland theme, I have no clue were to start on decorations and cake designs. Please help and guideme to the correct path. She my fisrt daughter and I would love for her to have to most special Day.

Thank you,
Miriam Marroquin
Los Angeles, Ca

By: heather hennigan

heather hennigan — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:23:35 +0000

how do you email a question to Abby?

By: Hannah Middleton

Hannah Middleton — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:48:21 +0000

I had this same problem! I decided to incorporate a dark plum to give the palette a richer look. It came out beautifully and didn’t look Christmassy at all. also, just be careful to keep the green a very light color, the darker the green the more xmas-y it looks! good luck!

By: Louann

Louann — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:48:40 +0000

Did you also know that the hottest new thing is Rainbow foam by Oasis? It comes in rings, cubes and powder and is meant to be seen – not covered up with greenery. There are also lime green pearl headed pins, decorative wire and more. http://www.wedding-flowers-and-reception-ideas.com/beach-theme-wedding.html

I’ve done weddings with these hot colors in the summertime – believe me – they don’t look like the earthy pines of Christmas greens. You can add other hot sizzling colors like Hot Pink, etc. to offset too much of a Christmas feel.

By: Louann

Louann — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:48:25 +0000

By: Louann

Louann — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:47:49 +0000

By: Hollie

Hollie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:29:32 +0000

My wedding colours are chartreuse green and burgundy. I was worried at first it would be a problem with the xmassy look but I think I figured it out and it’s gonna look great!
Pretty much I incorporated a lot of white and black along with the reds and greens. But above all dont put the red and green right beside each other with nothing else. So the tables will have a white and black runner, a black lantern, red flowers, green, white and black napkins. The decorations are all going to be green paper lantherns. Bouquets are going to be all green too and bridesmaids dresses are black. groomsmen are going to have red ties

By: Wedding Inspirations

Wedding Inspirations — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:44:48 +0000

Your color scheme sounds lovely, Jam! I did an inspiration board in deep red and lime green recently that's heavy on the cymbidium orchids: http://weddinginspirationblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/cranberry-and-pistachio.html

By: Alannah Rose

Alannah Rose — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:13:05 +0000

I had red and green for my own wedding!
Deep red cymbidium orchids were the base. Invites had green, stone and white and the burgundy flower.
The overall colour palette for the day was deep red/burgundy, green, stone, pink and white. The bouquets were mixed with green hydgrangeas and berries and the bridesmaids gowns were a dusty pink. Table runners were lime green with a darker shade green ceramic centrepiece that featured tall stems of cymbidiums in red. I think if you keep the red to a minimum you’ll avoid the christmas feel and use some other colours to help blend and tone the overall theme. Some images from my wedding here
http://alannahrose.com.au/blog/?cat=16
best wishes with your plans.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:33:18 +0000

and these links too: http://artfool.com/portfolio/portfolio-event/bedfordhills2/bedford2-1.html and this one used natural wood by using birch disks and birch paper wrapped around vases. http://artfool.com/portfolio/portfolio-event/tribeca-2006-08/06-08-12-01.html and here is a wedding with just lime green and white http://artfool.com/portfolio/portfolio-event/kitchen2005/kitchen2005-1.html I love the idea of adding chocolate brown, but a lot of that can be in the natural wood you choose. Have fun with the planning!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:14:05 +0000

I love your color choice. Lime green, bright white, wood tones and a hint of red here and there. Check out this link talked about today on the Oh Happy Day Blog (http://jordanferney.blogspot.com/)of an event designer. Here is the link: http://artfool.com/portfolio/portfolio-event/bedfordhills1/bedford1-1.html

By: jam

jam — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:22:39 +0000

thanks for all of the wonderful advice! i’ve decided that having the BMs in red is probably enough, in addition to adding the red to my bouquet…so now we’re thinking more subtle hints of red and keeping everything else very natural and light with lots of green and white and incorporating wood textures. i’m getting excited and realize that its ok to mix it up and have other colors show up, i don’t tend to like the matchy matchy anyway so i don’t know why i was thinking differently for my wedding.

thanks for all of your wonderful ideas and links to inspiration boards! and thanks for posting this abby

-jam

By: jill

jill — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:56:08 +0000

My daughter is getting married in September at the Wentworth Mansion is Charleston. It is a formal, elegant venue. The wedding is “wine” inspired and she has chosen “Bordeaux” colored bridesmaid dresses from Lynn Lugo. Her additional colors are copper and aqua (since copper turns aqua/verdigre when weathered.)She will be using copper vessels, copper wire in the guy’s buts,etc. The aqua is her pop, using it in menu cards, ribbon/flower streamers in trees, candles, etc. Her table vases/votive holders are cork–much like you would use your brown/wood tones. This might work for you and help get away from a Christmas tone.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:29:05 +0000

I think that the BMs as the only red element totally works. Crisp white and bright green will make everything pop in a summer way. good luck!

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:39:47 +0000

What about bringing in pink? It would continue the red, but break up the red/green Christmas look. For example, plop in potted, pink hydrangea into the urns, and use red and pink tissue for the poms.

Or, you could do the same with a dark cherry color, to continue the dark wood. The urns could contain wheat grass in the middle, edged with dark red foliage draping down the side.